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Feb 8, 2026 · You can download them (there's a link in the table under the "Download" section) and load them in CloudCompare once (via the Color Scale Manager - see the "Export / Import" …

Primitive Matching and Measurements in CloudCompare Tutorial: Primitive Matching and Measurements in CloudCompare | 3D Forensics - YouTube

CloudCompare can loads many open point cloud formats (ASCII, LAS, E57, etc.) as well as some manufacturer's formats (DP, Riegl, FARO, etc.). It can also load triangular meshes (OBJ, PLY, …

Main Page Welcome to the CloudCompare wiki! This is the only up-to-date documentation of CloudCompare V2.6 and higher versions.

CloudCompare is a 3D point cloud (and triangular mesh) editing and processing software. Originally, it has been designed to perform direct comparison between dense 3D point clouds.

User documentation Latest version of CloudCompare Wiki Plugins wiki (much) older versions of CloudCompare PDF v2.6.1 (Feb 2015 - 10Mb - ENGLISH version) PDF v2.4 (Aug 2012 - 9Mb …

(much) older versions of CloudCompare PDF v2.6.1 (Feb 2015 - 10Mb - ENGLISH version) PDF v2.4 (Aug 2012 - 9Mb - FRENCH version) PDF v2.1 (Aug 2012 - 3Mb - ENGLISH version - …

CloudCompare is a 3D point cloud (and triangular mesh) editing and processing software. Originally, it has been designed to perform direct comparison between dense 3D point clouds.

If the compared entity is a mesh, CloudCompare will only compute the distances from its vertices to the reference entity. If those vertices are too sparse (i.e. with a too low density), you may …